Unraid 7.3 NVMe Boot, 1st Official Server, + Supreme Court Saves the Internet | Ed&Stefano Unleashed

In the April episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking the Unraid 7.3 beta with internal NVMe boot, a huge 45 HomeLab partnership for the first official Unraid server, backup strategies and why most of us are doing them wrong, a Supreme Court ruling that could have broken the internet, compromised routers and supply chain security scares, Intel's new 32GB Arc GPUs for under $1,000, smart TVs shoving ads into HDMI switching, Meta's AI agent going rogue, and a Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft with his mind.We kick things off with Unraid 7.3 Beta, which finally lets you boot from NVMe or SSD instead of a USB flash drive, plus dedicated boot pool support and TPM 2.0-based license keys.

Then the big announcement: a partnership with 45 HomeLab to create the first ever official Unraid server, purpose-built for media streaming, ZFS, VMs, and local AI, shipping with a lifetime license and ECC RAM this spring. The community chat dives deep into backup strategies, why parity is not a backup, the 3-2-1 rule, and why you should test your backups before you actually need them. Ed reveals he runs no parity on his main server, instead doing nightly rsync delta backups to a second parity-protected box.

Episode Takeaways

◦ Unraid 7.3 Beta brings internal NVMe/SSD boot, dedicated boot pools, and TPM 2.0 license keys. Enable TPM2, not Secure Boot

◦ Official Unraid server with 45 HomeLab coming this spring. Lifetime license, ECC RAM, pre-orders soon

◦ Parity is not a backup. Use the 3-2-1 rule and don't forget Docker volumes and AppData

◦ Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Cox v Sony: ISPs are not copyright gatekeepers

◦ FBI reports 369,000 compromised routers since 2020. ASUS routers hit by Cadnap malware. LiteLLM also compromised

◦ Intel Arc B70 (32GB) coming under $1,000. B65 also 32GB at around $700. Great for local AI

◦ Chuwei caught reprogramming BIOS to make older Ryzen CPUs report as newer chips. Full recall underway

◦ Hisense showing non-skippable ads when switching HDMI inputs. Vizio now requires a Walmart account

◦ Meta AI agent posted wrong info on an internal forum without permission and exposed confidential data

◦ NVIDIA DLSS 5 demo needed two 5090s. Community calling it an Instagram filter for games

◦ Cloudflare CEO says bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027

◦ Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft entirely by thought

Chapters

0:00 Welcome and housekeeping

1:17 Unraid 7.3 Beta: internal NVMe boot and TPM 2.0 keys

3:53 45 HomeLab partnership: the first official Unraid server

6:18 Uncast updates: AI photo tool and Ollama for Intel GPUs

9:21 Community chat: backup strategies and the 3-2-1 rule

28:52 Supreme Court rules 9-0 in Cox v Sony

31:04 FBI compromised routers and LiteLLM security breach

34:41 Stefano's conspiracy: government backdoors in routers

39:03 Intel Arc B70 and B65: 32GB GPUs under $1,000

42:54 Chuwei caught faking laptop CPUs

47:06 Hisense HDMI ads and Vizio's Walmart account requirement

54:31 Meta AI agent goes rogue internally

56:58 Microsoft forces OneDrive on ClipChamp

1:03:08 Dead internet theory and AI content flooding YouTube

1:05:25 NVIDIA DLSS 5 roasted by the community

1:09:52 French Navy officer leaks carrier location via Strava

1:11:00 Neuralink patient plays WoW by thought

1:12:13 Closing thoughts and happy Easter

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